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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY JONATHAN ROW, SOMERSET, SOMERSET COUNTY, PA.
New Series.
TUESDAY, THAU 19, 2855,
Vol. 4. No. 27.
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Fortune smiled not on our sires,
And Love, when we one became,
All thy dower was kind desires,
. All my heritage the same.
Slender stock or worldly wealth
For the firm of man and wife!
But we both brought hope and health
To our partnership for life.
Add to this that wealth above
All that riches men miscall;
Mutual faith in wedded love,
Mutual sympathy in all.
Like that gem whose day dim'd spark
Flames a rosy sun at night,
Ever as my soul grew dirk.
Thine has shed diviner light.
And wherever clouds have thrown
Shadows' o'er those eyes of thine,
Has not then affection shone
With its tenderest beam upon mine?
Thu3 we promised, Love, to live,
And in memory's page we read
Few short-comings to forgive
Mutually in word or deed.
Thou hast been my joy in grief.
Balm in anguish, praise in blame;
And, same moments few and brief,
I to thee have been the same.
Let, then, siugle blessedness
Laud its raptures to the sky;
Hymen's bliss a double bliss.
And his sigh but half a sigh.
. Erom the Nat. Intelligencer.
Further News
FROM
,T HE ARM .
Wp received last evening New Orleans
papers of the 28th and 29th ult., and ex
Iras from offices of the Tropic , Picayune
and Times, dated April 29, 11, A. M.
The Telegraph, Capt. Auld, arrived
last night from the Brasos St. Iago, and
four days later from the Army of Occu
pation. The steamship left Brasos St.
Iago at 1 1 o'clock, A. M., day before yes
terday, being only 29 hours out. The
captain has kindly furnished us with
some memoranda, stating that on the 19ih
inst., Lieut. Porter of the 4th Regiment,
(son of the late Commodore Porter) be
ing out with a fatigue party of ten men,
(some of them wearing uniform were
fired upon when within a few -niL's cfthr
camp.
Lieut. Porter and three of his men
were killed in the attack, the rest of the
parly escaping, returned to the camp next
day. It is staled that the guns of the A
mericans were wet and would not fire.
We see no explanation given why lh's
party of soldiers should be ranging about
the country with guns that would not
fire.
Lieut. Van Ness informs us that noth
ing further had been heard of Col. Cross
up" to the 19th, ; but that the general opin
ion is that he is still a prisoner, though
not at Matamoras.
About fifty of the American army have
deserted and swam the river for the Mex
ican camp, but a number of them were
shot as deserters while in the water. The
whole number of American troop is es
timated at between two and three thou
ernd; and they are said to be in excellent
discipline, and eager for an engagement
with the enemy. Ampudia's forces are
reported at between three and four thou
sand. It is rumored that Arista is about
to supercede Ampudia in the command.
Thf Vow Orleans papers bring us la-
A w - X i
ter intelligence from the Army on the
Rio Grande, including die melancholy
news of the death of Col. Truman Cross,
late of this city, whose (ate will be deep
ly lamented bv many of our citizens. It
will be observed that, though someallow
ance should be made for exaggerated re
ports, the general complexion of the news
is so warlike' that it would seem 'almost
impossible for the two armies much lon
ger to avoid a direct conflict. Wc quote
from the Picayune of May l?t
The brig Apalaciiicola, Captain
Smith arrived at this por' yesterday from
Brasos Bay, whence she sailed on the
24th ultimo, and reports that on the 22d
she left Point Isabel, where Major Tho
rias, the acting Quartermaster, informed
Captain Smith that- the body of Col.
Cross had been found about four miles
from General Taylor's camp, on the Rio
Grande. From the wounds upon the
hodv it seems evident that he was killed
by a lance. It was further reported that
a person in Matamoras had acknowledg
ed that he was the murderer, and had
the watch and clothing of Co!. Cross in
-
Gsn Tavlo. it is also
r.:5 pcssatsicr
eT.artpA.hA m.de a furmal demand for
the Tattrderer. :
"All open communications were permit-!
ted to pass by the Commandant at Point
isaoei oetvveen tnatposi ana xuaiamoras.
Still Later. lhe schooner Corxe- .
lia, captain star, arrived last evening
from Brasos Santiago, whence she sailed
on the evening of the 24th ultimo. She
reports that about three hours before she
sailed an express arrived from Gen. Tay
lor, stating that the commander of the
Mexican forces had made a formal decla
ration to Gen. Taylor that if he did not
move his army from the position he then
occupied within thirty-six hours, the
Mexican batteries would be opened upon
them.
The same express also stated that at
that time a body of two thousand Mexi
cans had crossed the Rio Grande near
Rosetta a small town about eight miles
below Matamoras, on the west bank of
the river and taken up z position be
tween Point Isabel and General Taylor's
ramp. The design of this movement is
evidently to cut off. the American troops
from their supplies. A private letter
was also received last evening from an of
ficer in Gen. Taylor's camp, confirming
in part the above report the Mexicans hav
ing crossed the river, but stating the num
ber at one thousand only. There had
previously been so many rumors to the
same effect in the camp that little reli
ance was placed upon this one, which
was first communicated by a Mexican,
who was prudently detained by order of
Gen. Taylor.
The accounts by the Cornelia confirm
the melancholy news given above as to
the fate of Col. Cross. He was found
entirely stripped and wounded as before
stated.
We have a letter from an officer in the
camp, dated 2 1st ultimo, the postscript to
which states, what we had no doubt of,
that the Americans "had not retired one
foot from the bank ot the. river, nor does
the General mean to do any thing that
cent look like, it" Our flag waves over
the waters of the Rio Grande, and we
have a fixed battery of eighteen-pounders
that can "stop any thing m Matam
ras.
While upon the subject of thearmy,
we may state ihat the steamer Col. Har
vey, which left here on Wednesday lor
Brasos Santiago, took with hr a batterv
; of ten long twelve-pounders, ind a quan
tity of munitions ol war, and mat she was
to take in more at Galveston foriie same
destination. The .New I 'orkt whiclTsail
ed yesterday for the same point, had a
detachment of 180 men on board for the
army, under the command of Lieut. Mc
Phail. Four companies of infantry are
expected in two or three days, who will
be despatched immediately for the same
destination.
The schooner Gen. Worth, twelve
hours later from Brasos Santiago, .and
bringing, it is said, one day's later intel
ligence from Gen. Taylor's camp, was in
the river late last night, eight or ten miles
below the city,' waiting for a tow. It is
said a bearer of despatches from General
Tavlor is on board. Col. Hunt immedi
ately despatched a boat to bring her up.
Mr. Marks, attached to the AmericanCon
sulate at Matamoras, is on board the Gen
Worth. There was a rumor, brought by
one of the schooners last night, that our
Consul at Matamoras, apprehending im
prisonment from the Mexicans, had left
his post and repaired to General Tay
lor's cmp. . ,
In addition to the above we extract the
lohowtng irom me tunes, being trie m
telligence brought by the arrival here re
ferred to by the Picayune:
"We are informed by Capt. At well,
of the schooner Gex. Worth, who left
Brasos Santiago on the 25th, that the day
before (the 24th) the Mexican schooner
Jcxiata was taken by the U. S. schooner
Flirt, and sent into that port as a prize.
"We learn also from the same gentle
man that the two thousand Mexican
troops above spoken of as having crossed
the Rio Grande, had captured several wag
ons, belonging to settlers, loaded with
provisions for the American camp. The
ohied of the enemv seems to be to inter-
J
tercept the Fupplies destined to the Uni
ted States troops. It is more than proba
ble that an engagement has taken place
before this.
"The American Consul and Merchants,
resident in Matamoras, had been ordered
by General Ampcdia to leave for Victo-
ria, TamHuiipas twenty-four hours hav-
mg been allowed them to adjust their af
fairs. This is a violation of the terms of
treaties existing between the United States
and Mexico, it having been agreed on
that, in the event of war. the citizens of
the two countries, respectively, should
not be molested in their aflairs, but six
months ho allowed to those living in sea
ports, and twelve months to those in the 1 and plentiful harvest that than which is
interior, to arrange'for their departure. every where presented to view in Ligon
"Our army is in good health and spir- ier Valley. Vegetation has clothed na
its, only one hundred and thirty-five be- ture in her voriegated and beautiful robes,
inc- on the sick list. The latest accounts i The meadows Dromise nlenty. and the
fully confirm the reports of the murder ot
Col. Cross and Lieut Porter."
O .
From the Galveston News. Extra.
We may here remark that it is uow
understood as a feet that Ampudia is al-
ready superceded by Arista from whom
we mX exPccl tie next proclamation.
This General is admitted to be
an officer of character, good sense
and prudence, and whatever proceeds
from him will be entitled to some cousid- 1
cration.
Inoursummarvnewsbvthesteamshin
Telegraph we omitted to state what may
be of some importance, viz: That Gen
eral Ampudia, in his answer to the inqui
ries of Gen. Taylor concerning Colonel
- , . 1 1; .,i , , e
Cross express disavowed any acts of
hostility that might have been or might
hereafter be omitted by Mexicans on this
side of the river, stating that all such acts
were unaudiorized by him or his Govern
ment. The New Orleans Tropic of the 28th
ult., has the following paragraph:
Troops for Texas. The ship Indi
ana, Captain Burnett, which arrived here
yesterday from New York brought out as
passengers Lieut. D. F. MePhail, 5th
Intantry commanding Lieut. N. B. Rus
sell of the 5th Infantry; Lieut. S. Hamil
ton, of the 13ih do.; and 180 U. S. sol
diers, destined to the army of occupation
in Texas.
BLOCKADE OF the RIO GRANDE.
The New Orleans Times of the 29th ult.
savs:
The schr Equity, arrived yesterday
from the mouth of the Rio Grande, having
been ordered off by the United States
blockading sauadron, composed of the
brig Lawrence and the schr Flirt. topgallant and lower studding sail's booms
The Equity sailed from this port on the belonging ta some unknown vessel ot a
28ih ultimo, with an assorted cargo for bout 180 or 200 tons, on which the A
Matamoras. merican flag was flying all in tatters.
The schr. Floridian, hence for Mata- !
.. . a
mora?, was likewise ordered off by the
brig Lawrence, and arrived here last e
vening. This confirms the accounts given some
days since, that Gen. Taylor has issued
instructions to the commander of the
Lawrence to prevent any v
nT
the Rio Grande
rf
the use
lexicans.
From California.
A correspondent of the New York
Express, writing from San Diego, Janua
ry 27, says:
"We are expecting every hour to hear
of a war between this country and the U
nitcd States, in which event this people
are determined to fleece the Americans.
California never .was in a worse state
than at present. Pio Pico continues
Governor, and is slill quartering at Cos
Angeles. Castro is Commandant Gener
al of the north and is actually governor of
that part of the coast the civil arid mili
tary power is at open war.
44 It is expected that Castro will come
down with a frr?e and depose the Gov
ernor, if possible, but of which lhere is
considerable doubt, as Pico has a strong
party to support him, and the foreigners
have declared m his favor. The Provin
cial Assembly commence shortly, when
it is the intention to declare California
independent of Mexico. The best thing
that can be done, provided it can be main
tained. All the Missions arc cither sold
or rented. Bat little or no rain has yet
fallen, and the prospect is that one-half
of the cattle will die for want of pastu-
rage.
ly the ISew Urleans ricayune we
have intelligence from California, several
weeks later to the 18th of February, by a
gentleman just rehired from the country,
He brings some information respecting
Capt. Fremont. That gallant and ad
venturous officer reached Capl. Sutter's
settlement, at New Helvetia, about the
1st of February Iast,with a force of a about
sixty mounted men, as we are informed.
Capt. Fremont had been so fortunate as
to discover a new route or pass, by which
California can be reached bv emigrants in
sixty days less time than by the old route
via Oregon. This new route is perfectly
practicable for wheeled vehicles, and
when it comes to be generally known,
will give a renewed impetus to "emigra
tion to' California. Capt. Fremont left
his party near Capt. Sutter's, and pro
ceeded himself to Monterey on a visit
There is a strong tide of emigration pour
ing infrom the States by way of Oregon.
The representations made in regard to the
state of California confirm former ac
counts. Allegiance to the Central Gov
ernment of Mexico is almost entirely
t thrown off.
The Californians are dis
tracted by dissensions among themselves,
and stability under any rule or any form
of government, is not to be counted upon
among them.
The Crops.
CTNcver in our recollection have we
seen a more flattering appearance of a fine
I A
promise
orchards never were more beautiful. The
farmers harvest hones are bright, and ere
long he will be bringing in his sheaves
with songs of rejoicing and praise.
Free Press. - -
Wrongs may try a good man, but can
not imprint ou him a false stain. - - -
roviisTetcT'rbjiickhorn handles, having the
Singular Discovery.
A letter has been received at Lloyd's
f- orr , .-
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OI a "cspaicn irom
1 . L r
general in Central America, dated:
Guatemala, Dec. 3. 1845.
CC. O. lo-JO.
My Lord The master of the "Black
Cat'
r 1 T ...u i : 1
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Istapa, has given me the following note ;
ui ijuiiuun. '.viiu uas iusi arriveu x
.pCcu.giiiB remains i.e immu o. ;
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near the equator, in longitude abou, 87.
Captain James Davie's account is as
follows:
November 10, 1845.
"Made the Gallipagos Islands; being
calm, I went on shore on Chatham Is
land hi search of water, but found none.
At 8 A. M. returned on board. A sud- even by the strongest hand; and the Host
den calm abreast of a deep bay ; lowered j is one mass of splendid jewels of the
my boat and went on shore myself, with j richest kind. In the Mexican cathedral
four hands under arms. On arriving at , there is a railing of exquisite workman
the battoin of the bay, in pulling along J ship, five feet in height and two hundred
the shore my attention was called to a : feet in length of gold and silver, on which
number of water casks, 25 in all, 20 yards .
J above high water mark.
I landed at the spot, took out the bungs,
and finding the greater number of them
full, rolled four of them down to the beach
left them, as it still continued calm, and
procedr;d a short way into the woods with
the boats crew, when I discovered three
poles sticking in the ground ; namely, two
Beneath them a heap of cinders, where
T 1 11 .1 .
there had been apparently a great lire,
and the most valuable instruments to
mariners had been tlestroyed and melted,
namely, brass sextants, compasses, and
log glasses; knives and forks, without
number, totally burnt and destroyed, with
the exception of one knife, and fork with
name ol
sciisors,
Rdgers; sailors knives,
sewiifg needles, packing ditto, fishhooks,
ramrods, gun and musket locks, a heap of
buttons melted together; brought away
five supposed to be Spanish gold, dale
1787, of the weight of two ounces.
"Leaving the spot, on running my
sword into the sand, it held fast. 1 pick
ed up a hoe near the same spot, in .dig-
I ging, where I ran my sword, I discovered
a cask of beef, without pickle, ma putn
ficd state ; tripe, Indian corn meal, large
whita roua d peas, and a case of castor
oil; a chest containing carpenters and
coopers' tools; some of them were brand
new having the name of " Myers, cast
steel ;" blocks and tins, cooking utensils,
kettles, saucepans, two boilers, one of
metal, the other of copper ; muskets, with
out locks ; a bsrrel of common gunpow
der, 39 lb.; nine clamps of guns, tompions
also live pumkins, which were in perfect
order, with the exception of one. Pro
ceeded to the boat, and roiled four casks
into the water, one ot which being very
large, and the tide having fallen struck on
a rock and bilged ; three I succeeded in
getting on board. Made sail and pro
ceeded on my voyage. At 10 30. a. m.
the following day, Down's Island, which
is marked "doubtful" in the chart, bore
distant five miles. Latitude observed at
noon, 33. 15 North, longitude 89. 30
West.
Your lordship may, perhaps, think it
desireable to make this singular
caSe
known at Lloyd's for general information.
At first I was inclined to think thai this
might be the Jovcn Cocillia, Peruvian
schooner, which disappeared from the
coast of Peru in November, 1844 with a
cargo of goods of the value of 20,000 dol
lars, belonging " to Mr. William Turner,
British subject, and which was traced to
Realego and Punta da Arcuasia in this re
public, where the captain, Santo Bastos,
sold some of the cargo.
On the 012th of February last, she cal-
linatAcaiintha,and was supposed to
have proceeded thence to the coast of
Mexico, but the valuable nature of the
object Captain Daviea describes as hav-
obiect Capt
ing been so deliberately destroyed, and
the fact that a quantity of gold was found
melted with the rest of the things, tcrbid
that supposition, ond leave the cause of
this strange occurrence beyond reasona
ble conjecture. I have, &c.
F. CHATFIED.
, A WMITE rSTEGRO.
The Newark Eagle says that an Al
derman of that city has in his charge one
of the most singular children" ever seen.
It is a boy six years old, born of parents
perfectly black, and yet few of our white
children are whiter than he. He has a
thick broad heavy head, covered with a
supply of short woolly hair, almost as
white as the dripping snow. His cheeks
are moderately tinged with red; his eyes
blue and a little reddish; his nose short
and flat, his lips thick and protruding; in
short with the exception of color, he ex-
1
nioitsaii tne prominent cnaraciensttcs 01
the African colored race. His brothers
j both older and younger, are perfectly
blacis. 11 is parents are respectable col-
ored people. e understand they refus
ed an offer of a large sum to permit him
to bo exhibited at the ' Museum in New
York. ; ' '
lVealth of the Mexican
Ctinrches.
Major Noah, in the N. Y. Times,
speaking of the immense treasures the
Mexican Churches contain, savs:
In the cathedral of Paebla dclos An
glas hangs a grand chandalier of massive 1
orrilfJ unit silver nnt nf miners avprilnnoi?
P . . ,
UUI llllUlb lUU II l 11" 111, l.UlitV.ltU UllUtl
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me viceroy irum me various iriuuiary
the riaht o the altar stands
o
a Carvej fi2ure 0f lUe
Virgin, dressed in
beautiful embossed satin executed by
all the nuns of the place. Around her
neck is suspended a row of pearls of pre
cious value, a coronet of pure gold encir
cles her brow, and her waist is bound
with a zone of diamonds and brilliants.
The candalabra3 in the cathedral of silver
and gold, are too massive to be raised
stands a figure of the Virgin of Remedios,
with three petticoats one pearls, one
emeralds, and one of diamonds; the fig
ure alone is valued at three millions ot
dollars. In the church of Guadatoupe
there are still richer and more splendid
articles, and in that of Loretto they hate
figures representing the last supper, be
fore whom are placed piles of gold and
silver plates, to represent the simplicity
of that event. It is the same in all the
churches and cathedrals in Mexico. The
starving Lepro kneels before a figure of
the Virgin worth three millions, and yet
would die of want before he would allow
himself to touch one of the brilliants in
her robes, worth to him a fortune. A
bout a hundred millions of dollars are
thus locked up in church ornaments,
while nothing is laid out for public edu
cation, roads, canals, public improve
ments, and true national glory."
IRELAXD.
FROM THE LIVERPOOL TIMES OF APRIL
19.
We have still to record the receipt of
alarming intelligence from the sister
country, giving the detaU of the approach
ing fan.i le, which has already made its
appearance in several parts of the country
Lri iging with it a train of diseases, the
results of which it is very painful to con
template. Me:-tngs are being held in
various parts to devise means to arrest the
progress o the evil, and to procure work
and food for this now starving peasantry.
A meeting of the citizens of Waterford
was held un the 7th instant, the Mayor
in the chair, to adopt measures to meet
the existing destitution in the borough.
A local relief committee was appointed.
Dunn? the nroccedings the following ob
servations were made by the Rev. Mr.
Shehan: "There was never such destitu
tion in the city as there is at present.
Show me a mason, carpenler,or any other
tradesman employed The artisans have
no employment, and consequently, they
are in a state of destitution. I took the
trouble of examining the reports of the
Farming Institution, and I found that, in
March, 1813, potatoes of the best quality
were sold at 2d. a stone; in 1844, at
4d.; in 1815, at 3 Id.; and now this
year, they are as high as 7d. to 81. by
retail that the poor buy them. As there
: is no employment, and prices are so very
; high, there must be extreme destitution.
Committees have been formed at Bally dufl
Killenkere, and Billeborough, County
, Cavae. Accounts pour in upon us daily
! of the increasing distress.
j In many places there are no potatoes
, left; in none wilt the fast perishing root
be foun;' after May. A Castlcbar paper
has the following, headed Famine in
I Mayo : " This gaunt and long-dreaded
scourge has
at last broken torth. He
! hVR beea 10 irom several 13 of
th'i3 extensive country by gentlemen,
of
upoa wuos-j ichimj jn ....
implicit reliance, gtjmg the most
accounts of ins suhermgs o, tie Pj
most
awful
ople at
this early period of the year
Even at
Turloufh, in the immediate
neighbor-
hood of this town, many families are at
this moment we learn without food, and
the wretched sufferers are in vain en
deavoring to get provisions in time that
their children may not die. At the mark
et of Castlebar, on Saturday last, provis
ions, which were hitherto considered rea
.j
sonable, rose to an alarming height
tatoos from 2'd. to 5d. per stone,
oatmeal from 13s. to lGsper cwt.
po
and T2ic Polatoe Hot.
A farmer in Vermont last year
was
oeriinu all his neighbors in
cutting the
gras3 in his meadow?. At night, some
waguish boys went into one of his mead-
ows and cut down all the crass in it. :
They also went into his potatoe patch
und cut a few swarths through it, At the
time of digging the potatoes they were
found to begotten, except where the boys
ua(j cat off the tops!
The Providence Transcript of Friday
afternoon announces the death of the
Hon. Jam Fenner, late Governer of
Rhnilrt Ishnd. Tha deceased had attain-
Ud his 77ih yrr.r.
j7The rain in this section on Tues
day affternoon, the 30th ultimo, fell ia
such torrents, causing the small rivulets,
especially east of this place, to swell iri
the course of a very minutes into ficrca
and angry streams, consequently, doing"
great injury. We have no particulars, of
course, of all the losses sustained bur,
the greatest sufferer that we have heard
of, is Dr. Daniel Shawcn. Mr. S., resi
ded on a small run about five miles east
of this place. His dwelling and Saw
Mill, together with all his household
! goods, were washed away, and it was
with diniculty that his family were res
cued from a watery grave. His loss is es
timated at from six to eight hundred dol
lars. The Saw-Mill, belonging to Mr.
William Noman, on the run, about a mils
above this place, was swept off. Little
Capon was very much swollen, and a
great quantity of fencing along the stream
was washed off, and the land very
much injured. The Saw-Mill of Mr.
Silas MilJeson was washed down, and
Mr. M. in addition lost, we are informed
about 10,000 feet of plank. The hail
that fell with the rain in the neigborhood
of North River Mills and the Forks of
Capon was very large, some of the stones
the size of a hen's egg, and, and, nearly
all the glass in the windows of the dwel
lings in these neighborhoods, more ea
pecially the latter neighborhood, we aro
told, was broken. It was the heaviest
fall of rain ever known in this sectloa of
country. Romney Intel.
Management of Pasture Lands,
Every good farmer wishes for a liberal
supply of summer food for his live stock
of all kinds. The most farmers aro
however, very unskilful in the manage
ment of pasture lands. Suppose a far
mer has a large pasture of 70 or 80 a
cres, in which are kept the oxen, sheep,
horses and cows. The question might
be asked of such a farmer, whether he
has a profitable dairy ? We will suppose
he keeps eight or ten cows, and makes
butter and cheese enough to supply his
own family, in favarable seasons.
Now, Farmer Thrifty will put this
man upon a track that will annually put
one hundred dollars into his pocket, with
a fair prospect to increase the sum to one;
hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars.
Let him sell two of his poorest cows, and
the price of these will well nigh purchase
the materials for an excellent fence, which
will give the remaining six cowa the ex
clusive right to "fifteen or twenty acres.
We must have one lot that can be shut
up to grow while the cows are feeding1
in the other. The cows will fill them
selves upon grass two or three inches in
height, in a short space ot time, without
ranging over a large extent of ground, and
thus injuring the grsss by treading. A
good cow, having a full supply of the
rich food, will constantly yield a liberal
profit. But, indeed, it has been said that
lands kept constantly in pasture will be
come improved in fertility." Grass lands
will, howevcr, bind out, if not occasional
ly ploughed. Maine Cultivator.
Fine Horses,
The little city of Lowell is getting to
be another Richmond in the beauty of ita
horses, some of which have gained regal
attention on foreign shores. The Lowell
Courier states that only a year since, a
beautiful pair of well matched light grays
were owned and driven through the streets
of that city by Rodney Parker, Esq.
which are now caparisoned with gold
lace, pearls, and precious stones, and arc
attached to a chariot in which is seated a
prince of the blood, in all the dazzling
splendor of oriental magnificence, movin
majestically through the streets of Calcut
ta! These horses, (says the Courier)
were sold by .Mr. Parker to a gentleman
in Boston, to be shipped, for $600, and
the consignee, before they reached the
wharf in Calcutta, was offered SI, 500,and
refused it, for them! They were ona
hundred and twenty days on their passage
out, perfectly healthy during this long voy
age, and were the first American horses
ever exported to that far country.
To Improve Pear Trees,
At a meeting of the Philadelphia Soci
ety for Promoting Agriculture, held in
February, Samuel C. Ford made the fol
lowing statement as to his method of im
proving the fruit of the pear tree. He
said: "From experience, I can state the
advantage to be derived from the applica
tion of iron to the roots of pear trees.-
It is known to all nataralists that iron en
ters largely as a component part into the
fruit of'the pear tree; and as many of our
choicest varieties have very much deteri
orated, I fee I it a duty to state that my
fruit has been much improved, and some
that were almost worthies?, restored bythe
following application: During the win
ter, wheu the frost will admit, I have my
trees dug round to the distance of three
feet, baring the upper roots, and thori
have applied a bushel or more of chairs
from ablacksm'th's shop oMir-.i would
be better. This oxydizes bv the rihi of
the season, and is taken up in th& ip rs
it ascends in the fpri.ig. This is a M.-n-ple
experiment, and one that will benign
ly prized by ;H ihe lover vf 2nc fruit',
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